1. March 2004Klaus Kempf1 Shared collection building: the philosopher‘s stone in hard times? German experiences. Fiesole Collection Development Retreat, March 18-20, 2004

2. March 2004Klaus Kempf2 I.Preface: „Shared collection building“ a contradiction in terms? – against the nature (of the librarian)?

3. March 2004Klaus Kempf3 II. What is shared collection building? - Two or more libraries are cooperating - to build up interdependent collections - on one or more argument(s)/subject(s) - for all or only certain types of material - for a long term perspective - by maintaining independent infrastructures

4. March 2004Klaus Kempf4 III. Characteristics of success or barriers of shared collection building Commitment to the project Infrastructural support Budget issues

5. March 2004Klaus Kempf5 IV. German Scholarly Library system: Cooperation as a basic principle

6. March 2004Klaus Kempf6 IV. The German scholarly library system 1. A bottom-up-system: Regional components as the basis

7. March 2004Klaus Kempf7 Saxony Thuringia Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Lower SaxonySaxony-Anhalt Rhineland Palatinate North-Rhine Westphalia Bavaria Federal States are the „shareholders“ of the scholarly libraries

8. March 2004Klaus Kempf8 Regional library networks in Germany Joint library network (GBV) of the German states Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hamburg, Bremen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schleswig-Holstein Göttingen Cooperative library network of Berlin-Brandenburg (KOBV) Berlin Library network of North Rhine-Westphalia (HBZ) Köln Library information system of Hesse (HEBIS) Frankfurt/Main South-West German library network (SWB) Baden-Wurttemberg, Saarland, Saxony, Palatinate Konstanz Bavarian library network (BVB) Munich

9. March 2004Klaus Kempf9 Saxony Berlin-Brandenburg Bavaria Hesse Baden-Württemberg North German Library Network (GBV) Rhineland-Palatinate/ Saarland North Rhine- Westphalia German Consortia Landscape

10. March 2004Klaus Kempf10 IV. The German scholarly library system 2. …and national focal points at the top.

11. March 2004Klaus Kempf11 National focal points Virtual National Library SDD (Sammlung Deutscher Drucke) Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB) National document delivery and interlibrary loan service Countrywide courier service National Network of special subject collections

12. March 2004Klaus Kempf12 „ Virtual National Library“

13. March 2004Klaus Kempf13 AG SDD

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16. March 2004Klaus Kempf16 Online patron-initiated interlibrary loan system - server network configuration

17. March 2004Klaus Kempf17 German Book Transport System

18. March 2004Klaus Kempf18 German Book Transport System

19. March 2004Klaus Kempf19 V. Shared collection development in Germany: The national network of special subject collections supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

20. March 2004Klaus Kempf20 1. The features of the system

21. March 2004Klaus Kempf21 Funding institution: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Research funding Policy advice Interdisciplinarity and networking Internationality

22. March 2004Klaus Kempf22 Library funding by the DFG in 2002

23. March 2004Klaus Kempf23 „System der überregionalen Literaturversorgung“ National network of „Sondersammelgebieten“ (= special subject collections) Basic idea:  at least one copy of every relevant scientific publication in the world should be available in Germany

24. March 2004Klaus Kempf24 Participating Libraries 23 research libraries appointed as SSG libraries (Sondersammelgebietsbibliotheken) 47 Special libraries (Spezialbibliotheken) 3 Central special libraries (zentrale Fachbibliotheken)

25. March 2004Klaus Kempf25 SSG libraries 23 University libraries or State/Regional libraries DFG:  Long-term funding for collection development

26. March 2004Klaus Kempf26 SSG libraries Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn Universitätsbibliothek der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Universitätsbibliothek der Technischen Universität Braunschweig Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt/Main Senckenbergische Bibliothek Frankfurt/Main Universitätsbibliothek der Technischen Universität Bergakademie Freiberg Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen Universitätsbibliothek Greifswald Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Halle Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Bibliothek der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena Universitätsbibliothek Kiel Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Saarbrücken Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen

27. March 2004Klaus Kempf27 Spezialbibliotheken (Special libraries) 47 smaller libraries affiliated to specialized research institutions DFG: medium-term funding for  Collection development  Cataloguing of special collections  Improving public access

28. March 2004Klaus Kempf28 Zentrale Fachbibliotheken (Central special libraries) German National Library of Medicine in Cologne German National Library of Economics in Kiel Technical Information Library in Hanover  Basic funding from the Leibniz Society  Project funding from the DFG

29. March 2004Klaus Kempf29 System der überregionalen Literaturversorgung (System of special subject collections) Distribution plan ( http://webis.sub.uni-hamburg.de/ssg/text/ssgliste2.html ) http://webis.sub.uni-hamburg.de/ssg/text/ssgliste2.html –121 special subjects –73 libraries

30. March 2004Klaus Kempf30 The system of special subject collections at a glance

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33. March 2004Klaus Kempf33 System der überregionalen Literaturversorgung (System of special subject collections) Special collections according to subjects ( http://webis.sub.uni-hamburg.de/ssg/themen/main.html) http://webis.sub.uni-hamburg.de/ssg/themen/main.html Special collections according to geographical areas (http://webis.sub.uni-hamburg.de/ssg/text/regional.html)http://webis.sub.uni-hamburg.de/ssg/text/regional.html

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38. March 2004Klaus Kempf38 Funding principles Only (highly) specialized foreign publications to be acquired „Reservoir Function“ No funding of infrastructure costs Special collections to be made available countrywide

39. March 2004Klaus Kempf39 Funding rates Foreign print-journals –DFG funding 75 % Foreign Monographs –DFG funding 75 % Foreign literature on microform –DFG funding 80 % CD-ROMs –Only highly specialized titles E-journals

40. March 2004Klaus Kempf40 Co-ordination in the cooperative system of special subject collections Guidelines for delimiting special subjects and procuring literature for related subjects (http://webis.sub.uni-hamburg.de/ssg/text/allgemein.html)http://webis.sub.uni-hamburg.de/ssg/text/allgemein.html No external co-ordination  Except for a few types of publications

41. March 2004Klaus Kempf41 DFG grants for special subject collections 1995 - 2002 Mill. EURO

42. March 2004Klaus Kempf42 2. Problems and new trends

43. March 2004Klaus Kempf43 Problems and new Trends  Exponential costs vs. shrinking budgets

44. March 2004Klaus Kempf44 Problems and new trends  Concentration vs. fragmentation

45. March 2004Klaus Kempf45 Problems and new trends  Co-operation vs. Competition

46. March 2004Klaus Kempf46 Problems and new trends  Access vs. ownership

47. March 2004Klaus Kempf47 Virtual special subject libraries since 1996 23 projects, each relating to one subject

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49. March 2004Klaus Kempf49 Cross disciplinary portal

50. March 2004Klaus Kempf50 vascoda project http://www.vascoda.de/index.html vascoda is the nucleus of a future „German research information portal"  Central access point to comprehensive scientific information in Germany.  Co-operative network of important libraries and information providers in Germany and their international partners.  The vascoda portal integrates resources of participating institutions in a systematic manner and offers a variety of search strategies.  vascoda is designed to create an important venue for research by providing efficient access to a great variety of relevant resources.

51. March 2004Klaus Kempf51 VI. Conclusion: International Partnerships could be a new cornerstone of the system?